For me. Not only was it badazz, but it epitomized the swagger prime AI had. AI believed that he could lead his team to victory and the rest of the team fed off AI's confidence. What AI did in 2001 was amazing. He took scrubs* to the finals. Very few superstars have been able to do that (Duncan, Hakeem, Barry, Lebron are some names off the top of my head). His #2 scoring option was Aaron McKie! Just look at their record without AI.

*Of course they were not "scrubs" in the literal sense. No one can take a team of 10th men to the finals. They were "scrubs" in the relative sense compared to what every other playoff team, especially the top teams had.

Since when was Mutombo a 10th man? Not a surprise, everybody underrating Mutombo again, typically they are Iverson fans. Look Iverson is a great player, 1st ballot HOFer without question, but you guys need to stop hating on his teammates to prop him up, Kobe fans do the same thing, McGrady fans, all player fans do that ****.

Where did I say he was a 10th man? Reread the OP. I was pointing out he did not take literal "scrubs" to the finals. Literal "scrubs" would be a team of a bunch of 10th mean. He had better than that. What he had were "scrubs" relative to the competition. Aaron McKie as your #2 option? Come on... Yeah, they were good defensively but offensively AI had to carry 90% of the load.

For me. Not only was it badazz, but it epitomized the swagger prime AI had. AI believed that he could lead his team to victory and the rest of the team fed off AI's confidence. What AI did in 2001 was amazing. He took scrubs* to the finals. Very few superstars have been able to do that (Duncan, Hakeem, Barry are some names off the top of my head). His #2 scoring option was Aaron McKie! Just look at their record without AI.

*Of course they were not "scrubs" in the literal sense. No one can take a team of 10th men to the finals. They were "scrubs" in the relative sense compared to what every other playoff team, especially the top teams had.

I would trade Kobe's 2008 teammates for Iversons 2001 in a HEARTBEAT. That team had toughness and desire.

Larry Brown did a hell of a job with that team. They were built for AI. Their defense kept them in the game when AI went cold so when he he got hot they could pull out wins. That's the way to build around a guy who likes to shoot 25+ times per game.